The Book of Diana: Wonder Woman as Theological Text
What audiences learn by the end of the film is that evil cannot be located in a single demigod, villain or agent.
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How to Wreck Your Faith: A Theologian Teaches “Outlaw Christianity”
Back in the mid-1990s, I excitedly announced to my mother—who had spent a good part…
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Christian Atheism: The Only Response Worth its Salt to the Zimmerman Verdict
Anthea Butler caught flack for arguing the Zimmerman verdict exposed that a god-complex tied to white supremacy remains powerfully at work within U.S. society. She’s right, but I propose that the only religious response is to be atheist.
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Tweet of the Day: If You Think Newtown Was God’s Will…
Diana Butler Bass has a message for you.
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Does God Want Jeremy Lin to Win?
Two unlikely heroes, Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin, have rocked the sports world. Lurking behind their stardom is a whole lot of bad theology.
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Dumping Satan: It’s Time to Let Go
The history of Christianity, as atheists are fond of reminding us, is one that has been drenched in blood. Whether religious war, inquisition, or colonial violence, there’s been great evil committed in the name of God. What role has the idea of Satan played in the development of this culture?
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Rope of God: The Aceh Tsunami—Four Years On
The people of Aceh have been resisting foreign domination for decades, and the territory has long been torn by violence. In the wake of the tsunami a theology—and a politics—of peace is taking root.
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In the Dark Night of Disaster
A meditation by flashlight on the nature of evil, whether natural or moral, and the power of human agency to do good in the world…
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